1858 HUGE Illustrated London News Oregon SLAVES Utah Mormon War Siege of Delhi

1858 HUGE Illustrated London News Oregon SLAVES Utah Mormon War Siege of Delhi

A rare, mid-19^th-century issue of ‘The Illustrated London News’ – an enormous tome!

This series of issues from 1858 covers a wide variety of important topics; however, the entirety of topics included is too vast to include here. Nonetheless, some of the most important and interesting topics include:

• United States news
  • Treasury preparation to print 20M notes
  • Oregon state Constitution adoption
    • Slavery clause rejection
    • Free negroes to be prohibited from emigrating to the State of Oregon
  • Threatening and hostile attitude of Mormons in Utah
    • Reports from Utah War – battles between Mormons and US forces
  • 19 US Army regiments divided into infantry, artillery, cavalry – posted strength of American arms
  • Illustrations of Boston
• Sketches in China – Hong Kong, Victoria Harbor
• British troops in Egypt
• The Siege of Delhi, after-effects and looted palaces

Item number: #22691

Price: $750

Periodical

The Illustrated London News, vol XXXII

London: printed by George C Leighton, 1858. 1^st edition

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; Volume 32, Jan-May
  • 548 (i.e., 538)
  • Heavily illustrated throughout
• Provenance: Stamp/Handwritten – Edward Deering
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~16.25in X 11.75in (41.5cm x 29.5cm)

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